Several companies have ditched outdated, bias-prone resume-screening in favor of science-backed pre-employment testing. But picking the right testing platform is tough – there are so many options.
Below, we show you how two big names in testing – TestGorilla and HiPeople – stack up.
TestGorilla is a reliable pre-employment testing platform loaded with various personality, aptitude, and skills tests that provide deep insights into your candidates’ capabilities. With our extensive library of “400+” tests, we’ve got you covered.
You can combine two to five tests to create a single assessment and even add custom questions. Once you’re set, you can easily send out assessments to multiple candidates to complete online.
Our tests are grounded in science and undergo a rigorous quality-control process before they're published, so you can rely on the results. We also implement strict anti-cheating measures to maintain the integrity of the testing process.
With TestGorilla, you get valuable insights that reduce the risk of mis-hires.
HiPeople is an AI-powered platform that offers assessments and automated reference checks. It provides over 1,000 ready-to-use job-specific templates for assessments, or you can create your own.
Assessments cover technical skills, soft skills, personality traits, cognitive abilities, and more. Candidates complete these assessments online. Then, HiPeople's AI evaluates their answers to highlight how well they might do in the job, their strong points, and areas they could improve.
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TestGorilla and HiPeople have great selections of personality, aptitude, and coding tests.
With 400+ tests in our library, you can tailor a TestGorilla assessment to fit the specific role you're hiring for. Here’s what you can test for:
Language skills
Situational judgment
Programming, software, and other role-specific skills
You can mix up to five different tests to create one comprehensive assessment, and you can toss in your own custom multiple-choice, video, or essay questions. Users can also find recommended tests by entering a skill or role into the test library’s search bar.
We’re always adding new tests to keep up to date with candidates’ growing skills, like our Working with Generative AI test.
And if you're hiring internationally, no worries – our platform has websites in 12 different languages, including English, French, Portuguese, and Japanese.
See how TestGorilla leads the way in skills assessments. Sign up for our free live demo and discover a better way to evaluate candidates.
HiPeople offers five test types: hard skills, soft skills, personality and culture, cognitive abilities, and language.
Users can choose from over 1,000 pre-built job-specific assessment templates or create fully custom assessments by mixing tests from the 400+ test library. Users can also add their own custom questions as text, multiple-choice, or video questions.
HiPeople uses AI to analyze job descriptions and automatically create customized assessments. These evaluate how well candidates fit the role.
| TestGorilla | HiPeople |
Cognitive-ability tests | Yes | Yes |
Situational-judgment tests | Yes | Yes |
Job-specific tests | Yes | Yes |
Software tests | Yes | Yes |
Programming tests (including coding challenges) | Yes | Yes (excluding coding challenges) |
Language-agnostic coding test | Yes | No |
Language tests | Yes | Yes |
Personality tests | Yes | Yes |
Culture-add test | Yes | No |
Motivation test | Yes | No |
Your own custom tests | Yes | |
Custom questions per assessment | Yes | Yes |
Test recommendations for each job role | Yes | Yes |
Multiple tests per assessment | Yes | Yes |
When hiring developers, you must test their coding and software skills. Choose a pre-employment testing platform that evaluates their abilities in coding, debugging, and working with mobile development frameworks.
TestGorilla has various software skills tests – from coding languages and algorithms to debugging and arrays.
You can set up customizable coding challenges that mimic real-life problems, and you can see how candidates tackle them by viewing a coding timeline.
Plus, our platform lets you see how familiar candidates are with popular development frameworks like Django, React, and Angular. We also have detailed tests for other essential tools like CSS, Bash, and Git.
We’ve also added new tests to assess developer skills, like the Data Wrangling, Computer Systems Architecture, and Data Analytics in Azure tests.
Finally, we offer a language-agnostic coding test that lets candidates pick from 20 different programming languages – so they can work in the one they know best.
HiPeople makes hiring developers easy by offering detailed coding assessments to measure candidates' programming skills in various languages and frameworks, like Django, Go, and ReactJS.
The company even has tests on newer skills – like AI application development.
| TestGorilla | HiPeople |
Coding languages | C, C#, C++, Go, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, PHP, Python, R, Ruby, Scala, SQL, Swift, TypeScript, Dart, MATLAB, Elixir, Erlang, Julia, Perl, and Rust | Java, JavaScript (including AJAX), Python, C++, C#, Ruby, Rust, Swift, SQL, Scala, TypeScript, Kotlin, MATLAB, Elixir |
Web-development frameworks | Yes | Yes |
Mobile-development frameworks | Yes | Yes |
Algorithmic-thinking challenges | Yes | Yes (interviews only) |
Debugging challenges | Yes | Yes |
Language-specific concept challenges | Yes | Yes |
Your own custom coding challenges | Yes | Yes |
Code-playback function | Yes | Unknown |
Automated scoring | Yes | Yes |
Video interview features let you set up either one-way or live interviews and even create your own video questions.
They’re a great way to get a real feel for your candidates' personalities, behaviors, and real-time skills.
TestGorilla lets you set up one-way video interviews that can replace screening calls.
You can add up to 20 personalized interview questions, set time limits for candidate responses, and automatically record the number of attempts.
Candidates can easily record their videos on any device without needing an account, making the process straightforward and user-friendly. Plus, your hiring team can review these videos anytime, adjust playback speed, and leave comments and ratings.
You can also send tailored email invites with all the details candidates need to start their video interview.
HiPeople's one-way video interviews streamline the hiring process with an easy-to-use drag-and-drop builder for creating custom video questions.
Candidates can record their responses at their convenience, and users can review these at any time. Candidates also don’t need to create an account and can use any device.
| TestGorilla | HiPeople |
One-way video interview | Yes | Yes |
Custom video questions | Yes | Yes |
Recording of candidates’ attempts | Yes | Yes |
Restrict maximum answer length | Yes | No |
Recording and playback on any device | Yes | Yes |
Rate and comment video answers | Yes | Unknown |
Creating a great candidate experience is key to ensuring applicants finish their pre-employment tests. If assessments feel dodgy or unprofessional, candidates are more likely to drop out.
Making sure your assessments are mobile-friendly, not too long, and easy to use is crucial for a positive, memorable user experience. So is providing adequate support. In addition, maintaining a consistent brand image across your assessments can give them a professional look.
TestGorilla provides a top-notch candidate experience with our user-friendly platform. Most tests wrap up in just 10 minutes, and full assessments take less than an hour.
We offer comprehensive candidates guides that explain how to nail the assessments, and candidates can preview test questions without an account. If they’d like to review their results, they can set up an account after taking an assessment in English.
If a candidate has any issues with the platform, they can easily submit a support request or check the FAQ section.
Plus, our platform lets you customize your assessments with your company's logo, colors, and even custom intro and outro videos – so you can give candidates a memorable experience.
HiPeople makes it easy for candidates to jump into assessments with "magic links" – no account creation needed. Plus, users can customize the experience with their company’s branding, although they can’t create intro or outro videos.
Candidates also get personalized assessment reports that spotlight their strengths, areas they can improve on, and resources to help them boost their skills.
| TestGorilla | HiPeople |
Your company’s intro or outro video | Yes | No |
Assessments branded with your company logo and colors | Yes | Yes |
Customizable invitation and rejection emails | Yes | Unknown |
No login required for candidates | Yes | Yes |
Mobile friendly | Yes | Yes |
Help and support for your candidates | Yes | Yes |
Typical assessment length | 30-60 minutes | Unknown |
Qualifying questions prior to assessment | Yes | No |
Share tests via social media links | No | Yes |
Whether you’re a startup, scaling business, or enterprise, you must choose tools that can grow with you and fit your hiring needs. A stellar pre-employment testing platform should work well with ATS systems, offer API access, and comply with GDPR, among other things.
With TestGorilla, pre-employment testing is easy and budget-friendly. Our Free forever plan and other reasonably priced options are perfect for smaller businesses. Plus, if your business is growing, we've got you covered with features like ATS integration, GDPR compliance, and API access to meet your expanding recruitment needs.
For large-scale hiring, our platform shines with tools for managing multiple users, setting test deadlines to ensure timely completion, and handling bulk actions like sending invites, reminders, and rejections. You can reach candidates through various channels like email, ATS, or public links.
What's more, our job board is open to all customers, enabling you to post remote job openings at no extra cost.
And when it's time to evaluate candidates, our filters make it simple to compare them based on test scores, responses to custom questions, and multiple-choice answers.
With HiPeople, users can choose from five plans depending on their company’s size and requirements. The Free plan works for any company size and grants access to all tests with custom questions.
The Grow, Scale, and Enterprise plans add features like PDF reports, ATS integrations, custom branding, and API access.
HiPeople is GDPR/CCPA compliant. You can also customize HiPeople to fit your privacy policies by setting your own rules for how long to keep data.
There’s also a pay-as-you-go plan for small or large businesses that want to ease their way into skills-based hiring.
| TestGorilla | HiPeople |
ATS integrations | Yes | Yes |
Multiple users and role-based rights management | Yes | Yes |
GDPR compliant | Yes | Yes |
Multiple candidate-invitation options | Yes | Yes |
Public links to invite candidates | Yes | Yes |
Public links for each candidate source | Yes | Yes |
Bulk invite candidates (CSV/XLSX upload) | Yes | Yes |
Track candidate stages from invited to hired | Yes | Yes |
API access | Yes | Yes |
Bulk actions to manage candidates | Yes | Yes |
Pre-employment tests must be accurate and reliable to ensure results are fair and truly reflective of a candidate's abilities.
At minimum, tests should be based on scientific principles and go through thorough quality checks before they're published.
TestGorilla involves experts at every stage of test development, and every test goes through a rigorous 28-step quality control process before it's rolled out.
Our approach is grounded in science, ensuring tests are accurate, valid, and relevant. We constantly review our tests to make sure they're assessing the right skills and are easy for candidates to use.
Plus, we listen to feedback from both customers and candidates to improve our test library continuously.
HiPeople's assessments are built on solid data, psychological research, and a strong scientific foundation. Their expert science team makes sure every part of their assessments is backed by evidence and meets rigorous scientific standards. They also ensure tools are current with the newest trends and practices in personality testing.
Unfortunately, HiPeople doesn't advertise that it currently uses customer or test-taker feedback to improve its tests, nor does it appear to replace test questions automatically after they’ve been seen by a certain number of candidates.
| TestGorilla | HiPeople |
Proprietary algorithms that continuously improve the quality of each test | Yes | Yes |
Expert-developed tests | Yes | Yes |
Extensive quality check before tests go live | Yes | Yes |
Questions automatically replaced after reaching exposure limit | Yes | No |
Customer feedback used to improve tests | Yes | No |
Test-taker feedback used to improve tests | Yes | No |
Some people lie on resumes and during interviews, which gives them an unfair advantage over others. A fair pre-employment assessment – that uses anti-cheating measures to show what candidates can really do – can even the odds.
TestGorilla has several anti-cheating measures. For starters, candidates can't copy and paste while taking tests. We also track IP addresses, mix up the questions, and have time limits for each test.
Plus, we check if candidates leave the test screen to peek at another window, which stops them from researching answers. And, with candidates’ permission, the platform snaps pictures using their webcam every 30 seconds.
This way, each test is completed in a fair amount of time with no unfair advantages.
HiPeople's platform limits candidates from operating outside of the testing screen, tracks metadata, and uses video questions to identify the candidate’s identity.
HiPeople also offers a reference check platform through a proprietary algorithm that verifies relationships between candidates and their references. This way, only candidates with proven references can take tests.
It also instantly notifies users of any suspicious behaviors during the assessment.
| TestGorilla | HiPeople |
IP-address logging (to avoid multiple attempts by the same candidate) | Yes | Yes |
Logging of candidate location | Yes | Yes |
Webcam snapshots (with the option to turn on/off) | Yes | No |
Full-screen mode detection (to avoid research during the test) | Yes | Yes |
Randomized questions per test | Yes | Yes |
Large question pool for each test | Yes (100+) | Yes |
Questions and answers not visible to employers to protect test integrity | Yes | Unknown |
Time limit on tests | Yes (typically 10 minutes) | Yes |
Copy-paste disabled | Yes | Unknown |
A good pre-employment testing platform should offer you clear and detailed reports alongside straightforward analytics, making it easy to dive into your applicants' test results. This way, you can accurately measure their capabilities and skills to see if they're a great fit for the job.
Some of these tools can even provide insights into how to better manage the candidates you hire by giving you a deeper understanding of their motivations, personalities, and areas for improvement.
With TestGorilla’s comprehensive, straightforward reports, you can quickly see how everyone stacks up against benchmarks.
Our Candidate PDF Reports spotlight each candidate's strengths and weaknesses by breaking results down into skill areas, showing you exactly how well candidates did in each one. Sharing these reports in PDF, XLSX, and CSV formats is easy.
We also offer weighted scores. This enables you to decide how much each test counts towards a candidate’s final score. You can give more weight to tests that are crucial for the job and get a better read on whether a candidate is really right for the role.
Plus, your whole hiring team can review and comment on candidate reports together.
HiPeople’s reports notify users about completed tests in real time, compare candidates’ results, and provide analysis to help you shortlist candidates. Each candidate is graded out of 100.
HiPeople also offers candidate self assessments that ask candidates about things like past achievements and professional strengths. Candidates’ responses are saved on the platform and compared to references’ responses.
| TestGorilla | HiPeople |
PDF reports of assessments and individual candidates | Yes | Yes |
Excel and CSV reports of assessments and individual candidates | Yes | No |
Comprehensive overview for all current and past candidates | Yes | Yes |
Scoring benchmarks for candidates (including percentile rank scoring) | Yes | Yes |
Add your ratings and personal notes for candidates | Yes | Yes |
Getting the hang of new software can take time. Having access to timely and efficient customer support can set your team up for success.
We've got you covered with digital onboarding and continuous support. To start, we walk you through everything with a training and onboarding tour. Plus, you can always reach out to us through live chat and email – or use our help center.
And if you've got some quick questions, check out our website’s troubleshooting and FAQ.
HiPeople has an in-house support team. While there’s no live chat support, the company provides a chat support bot that directs users to submit email requests for further support.
Users can also find relevant answers to questions in the FAQ sections beneath each product page. Enterprise plan users get premium support.
| TestGorilla | HiPeople |
Live chat | Yes | No |
Help center | Yes | No |
Email support | Yes | Yes |
Training and onboarding tour | Yes | Yes |
Phone assistance | No | No |
Pre-employment testing platforms usually have a subscription model where you can pay monthly or yearly.
TestGorilla offers annual subscription deals that work for businesses big and small. Our pricing plans depend on how many full-time equivalents (FTEs) your company has. For example, two part-time employees who together put in full-time hours count as one FTE.
We also have a Free (forever) plan that lets you try out five free tests and craft five custom questions.
For full access to our testing library, we also offer two paid plans with additional features:
Starter: from $75 USD per month (for 1-15 FTEs, $900 per year paid upfront). Start with skills-based hiring for all roles.
Pro: from $115 USD per month (for 1-15 FTEs, $1,380 per year paid upfront). Maximize your hiring with advanced features.
Teams with 1-15 FTEs must sign up for an annual plan, while teams with 15 or more FTEs have the option to pay monthly. You can have 1,000+ employees on a paid plan and test as many candidates as you need.
TestGorilla also offers a free trial.
HiPeople offers five pricing plans for its Assessment users:
Free: For companies of all sizes with unlimited candidates. Access 330+ tests with custom questions and add up to five users.
Grow: from $60 USD per month (for 1-15 FTEs, $720 per year paid upfront). Start with skills-based hiring for all roles.
Scale: from $84 USD per month (for 1-15 FTEs, $1,008 per year paid upfront). Boost assessments with integrations, more tests, and custom branding.
Enterprise: Contact sales for payment details. Get premium enterprise functionalities (for large organizations).
Pay as you go: Flat rate of $399 USD per month. Assess unlimited candidates for one job.
TestGorilla | HiPeople | ||
Plan | Price (billed annually) | Plan | Price |
Free | $0 | Free | $0 |
Starter | $75 per month | Grow | $60 per month |
Pro | $115 per month | Scale | $84 per month |
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| Enterprise | Contact HiPeople |
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| PAYG | $399 per month |
User-friendly features like an intuitive interface, easy test creation, and a clean layout make the experience smoother for your hiring team and your candidates.
TestGorilla's interface is easy to navigate and user-friendly. Plus, it’s optimized for all devices, so you can use it on your phone or tablet without any fuss.
The intuitive design and bulk actions mean you can create assessments and send them out to unlimited applicants in just a few clicks. Understanding results is easy with our clear test reports, and most of our tests take less than 15 minutes to complete.
Find out what sets TestGorilla apart in hiring. Sign up for our free plan and access comprehensive tools for effective candidate screening.
HiPeople also has an intuitive interface and makes it easy to whip up custom assessments with its drag-and-drop builder.
There are also over 1,000 pre-built job-specific templates at your disposal.
TestGorilla and HiPeople are both smart choices for pre-employment testing.
Both platforms have a similar range of tests available, but TestGorilla provides more options for assessing developers’ and programmers’ role-specific skills. TestGorilla also shines by providing in-depth customer service and robust anti-cheating measures.
For businesses – especially startups with limited budgets – access to a scalable, customizable trial sandbox is a huge plus. While HiPeople offers a free trial, TestGorilla goes further with a free-forever version, making in-depth pre-employment testing more accessible for small businesses.
Investing in solid pre-employment screening tools is a smart move for your company’s future success. It saves you money and time and helps you quickly and efficiently pinpoint the most qualified candidates.
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